To understand something, you must draw on your own experiences and culture. Does this mean that it is impossible to have objective knowledge? In philosophy, an objective fact means a “truth which remains true everywhere, whatever the situation, and which is independent of human prejudices or emotions.” Whereas a subjective fact is one that “is only true under certain conditions, at certain times, in certain places or for certain people”. If you rely on your own experiences and culture to understand something, this is generally considered subjective knowledge, because it involves the involvement of circumstantial situations. However, it is not impossible to achieve objective knowledge because of the way our knowledge is acquired. Total objective knowledge is possible, for example, by reading non-fiction texts to obtain factual information in order to gain knowledge about something. However, understanding something only through objective knowledge does not provide a complete understanding of that subject. Through objective knowledge, you get pure textual information on a particular topic. In physics class, when I study Hooke's law, I can know that "the applied force is equal to the spring constant times the amount of extension inside the spring" from my textbook. This is objective information because I am absorbing new information without prior experience or the possibility of possible bias. But for me to understand the concept, I need to gain experience applying this concept to problems. I may have some knowledge about Hooke's Law, but I have no idea how to literally apply the concept. To understand something, you must draw on your experiences and your culture; but it is still possible to have objective knowledge...... middle of paper...... and communicate with each other. Very rarely do we rely solely on our own experiences and cultures to validate something as knowledge. For example, when someone writes an article on the "biological behavior of bats", are they simply relying on their experiences? No! While you can draw inspiration from your experiences hiking in the woods, you can also draw inspiration from those of others. These other sources of experiences may be recorded in books, newspapers, videos, or television shows. Or, when we do a project on human psychology, you often interview many people about their experiences, rather than drawing on what you might have experienced personally. This shows that, for everything to be objectively credible; you can never rely solely on your own experiences. However, once you start drawing inspiration from the experiences of others, you get much closer to acquiring objective knowledge..